LP - Jorge Ben - Tropical

"One of Brazil's
greatest songwriters, Jorge Ben rarely dwelled on any particular musical
style, even the ones he helped create. By the mid 1970s, Ben had
already innovated several groundbreaking new twists on the classic samba
sound, in the process creating many tunes that became epoch-defining
hits for South America's biggest country -- not to mention the world at
large. For 1977's Tropical, he made the controversial decision to
rework an album's worth of his most beloved songs in the new, disco and
funk influenced Afro-Samba style he was exploring at the time. As a
result, classics like 'Chove Chuva,' 'Taj Mahal,' and 'Mas Que Nada' get
polished updates, alongside deeper rarities like 'Georgia'and 'Jesus de
Praga,' making Tropical a sensual, sultry counterpoint to other Jorge Ben collections."